The oral african culture and its importance for “quilombo do campinho

The "Quilombo of the Independence field", located in the municipality of Paraty, in the state of Rio de Janeiro is the subject discussed in this essay. It was sought, initially, to show the importance of public policies developed in Brazil to support the Quilombolas from 1988. Then the way the inhabitants of the Quilombo struggle to preserve the traditions, such as the rituals of historytelling by women, the gastronomy held in the restaurant of the Quilombo and the use of medicinal plants for the treatment of various diseases. And, still, the reverence for the Council formed by the elders, instantiates greater relevance for decision making of the community. The main conclusions of the study are the realization that important aspects of African oral culture brought to Brazil at the time of slavery continue to be preserved and remeaned in that space.